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Date	Process	Result
April 19, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
April 17, 2013	Peer review	Reviewed
May 26, 2013	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 16, 2024	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
November 8, 2024	Featured article review	Demoted
Current status: Former featured article

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Section sizes

Section size for Middle Ages (39 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,010	6,010
Terminology and periodisation	5,083	5,083
Later Roman Empire	8,338	8,338
Early Middle Ages	52	51,947
New societies	6,026	6,026
Byzantine survival	3,901	3,901
Western society	6,116	6,116
Rise of Islam	3,449	3,449
Trade and economy	1,846	1,846
Church and monasticism	4,627	4,627
Carolingian Europe	5,535	5,535
Carolingian Renaissance	2,069	2,069
Breakup of the Carolingian Empire	5,566	5,566
New kingdoms and Byzantine revival	5,594	5,594
Art and architecture	3,814	3,814
Military and technological developments	3,352	3,352
High Middle Ages	50	41,835
Society and economic life	10,745	10,745
Rise of state power	8,037	8,037
Crusades	5,341	5,341
Intellectual life	4,267	4,267
Technology and military	4,137	4,137
Architecture, art, and music	4,901	4,901
Church life	4,357	4,357
Late Middle Ages	50	26,476
War, famine, and plague	3,156	3,156
Society and economy	2,587	2,587
State resurgence	5,624	5,624
Collapse of Byzantium	1,569	1,569
Controversy within the Church	3,467	3,467
Scholars, intellectuals, and exploration	4,221	4,221
Technological and military developments	2,595	2,595
Late medieval art and architecture	3,207	3,207
Modern perceptions	3,421	3,421
Notes	34	34
Citations	34	34
References	21,342	21,342
Further reading	1,406	1,406
External links	1,773	1,773
Total	167,699	167,699

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